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Calraigh
01/27/09

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So the only female superhero character with any sort of widespread name recognition and cultural history is going to be replaced by a male?

Got it.
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CapnCalamity
01/26/09

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Wow. I appreciate IO9's attempts at giving WW some coverage, even if it's apparent that hardly anyone actually reads or respects the character.

Sigh.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
01/26/09

@CapnCalamity: Come on! That is an extremely ugly costume. Also, that axe is horrendous. I get the symbolism re: the labrys and its lesbian connotations, but still--there are way more awesome Greek-themed axes they could have used.
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0kami
01/26/09

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Looks like Wonder Woman is out to get some SNOO SNOO!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/26/09

@0kami: I had to google that, and I'm a little scared. Unfortunately Futurama is NOT the first entry on the list...
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
01/26/09

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Not a comic fan, but how do you replace Wonder Woman with a MAN? Wonder Man? Not sure that's gonna cut it.

Besides, it appears to me that WW is really just (very) soft core bondage porn and as such, appeals mostly to straight men. Maybe some gay women. If that's the case, they will alienate the base by changing the charcaters sex. Wonder woman's gender would seem to be much more important than, say, Starbuck's.
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Jonn
01/26/09

@DrEmilioLizardo: "it appears to me that WW is really just (very) soft core bondage porn and as such, appeals mostly to straight men."

That might've been true. About fifty years ago. You've exposed yourself, time traveller.
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Pope John Peeps II
01/26/09

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WHY. in the FUCK. Is there an eagle and american flag on that page?
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Kaiser-Machead
01/26/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Citizenship test.
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Fishypu
01/26/09

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wait, what happened to superman? spoil me
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Mount_Prion
01/26/09

@Fishypu: Not sure, but Batman was killed by Wesley Willis.

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Smeagol92055
01/26/09

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What. A ridiculous. Costume.

Seriously. That thing insults my intelligence. There is no way the artist came up with that and thought to himself that she could actually move in that fucking thing.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055: Why do you think she has all those cuts all over her body?
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ParryLost
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055:... It's a superhero comic. It's basically a modern fairy-tale. The function of the costume is to show how heroic and magnificent the character is. It's a symbol. It doesn't have to look functional; we just have to see the power it represents and that shows how capable the character will be in it. It need be no more realistic than a flying carpet or a magic wand or a winged horse.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055: I'll bet you fling popcorn at the screen when creatures with no vocal cords talk in movies.
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Smeagol92055
01/26/09

@ParryLost and Kaiser-Machead Beyond Thunderdome: First of all, look at that armor. She may be fast and strong, sure, but seriously, all that weight would slow her down. You ever pick up a gold brick? Let me tell you, it's one of the heaviest things you'll ever try to pick up. If that whole costume is actually made out of some Gold-based material, that thing would probably weight close to 300 lbs.
Secondly, since most of the weight is distributed to those wings, if she walked outside on a good breezy day, she'd be blown over on her back so fast it wasn't funny.

And no, I don't fling popcorn at screens; why would I do that? I paid ten bucks for it. I throw the popcorn of guy who's sitting next to me.
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corpore-metal
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055: Actually getting rid of the dorky metal wings and giving her a proper visor to close down over her face, it would be a perfectly serviceable suit of armor--helmet, forearm guards, breastplate, loin-guard and greaves. I think the style really should be more like Greek hoplites but it's a quibble.

Personally, I think I'd prefer it if Wonder Woman wore armor all the time. Let the bad guys know she means business.
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tetracycloide
01/26/09

@Kaiser-Machead Beyond Thunderdome: or when iron man crashed into the sand and then walked away as if he had tripped over a rock.
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Smeagol92055
01/26/09

@corpore-metal: Could you please tell me how she's suppose to bend over or turn, though? That breastplate extends well down past her waist and hips, making turning or bending a near-impossibility. It's like the Batman suit of the Michael Keaton era; sure, it's intimidating, but really, all you'd have to do is be faster than a man wearing a heavy suit of rubber and kevlar and he's fucked. Hell, I'd run circles around him until he was out of breath and then clobber him in the back of the skull with something.

...Like so:

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goldfarb
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055: and Gold isn't exactly the best metal for armor...being super soft an all...
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055: I leave for a fuckin meeting and suddenly we're all sniping at each other?

Smeagol: Indeed, there is a limit to just how silly armor should look. And HEY, WERE YOU THE ONE THROWING POPCORN AT ME LAST WEEK?

Corp: C'mon, man, she'd poke a goddamn eye out.
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Smeagol92055
01/26/09

@crashedpc: Well you know, Crash, I paid 12 goddamn dollars to see Inkheart, and you wouldn't shut up about how terrible Brendan Frazer was the whole time, so I had to do something...
Next time it's going to be nacho cheese.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/26/09

@Smeagol92055: Well, shit, if you're going to drop 12 Washingtons on INKHEART then you might as well give it to me, cuz I wasted 12 bucks too! No, wait, give me more cause I had to dry clean the butter out of my collar.

Incidentally, a butter collar would be a better costume than a 500 pound winged armor thingy.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
01/26/09

@tetracycloide: I had to work really hard to ignore that one. I succeeded, but only because of how awesome the rest of the movie was.
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Belabras
01/26/09

@crashedpc: @Smeagol92055:

I think it's awesome that you two are so open about your little movie date. Good on ya!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/26/09

@Belabras: Don't be jealous.
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